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There’s little chance Zohran Mamdani’s proposals will get much traction outside of his progressive base, but if Trump can paint all Democrats as Mamdanistas, he’ll be the bigger winner nationally.
New York City politics isn’t like anywhere else in US. Democrats outnumber Republicans seven to one, with suburban voters that tend to moderate Democratic coalitions outside city limits.
A socialist would have a hard time winning in most of US, but he’s not far out of mainstream in NYC politics. Indeed, a previous mayor – David Dinkins, who preceded Giuliani – was also a member of the Democratic Socialist party.
Democrats are so dominant here that Mamdani’s real rival in the mayor’s race wasn’t the Republican candidate, but Andrew Cuomo. Formerly governor of New York State, hounded out over sexual harassment allegations, Cuomo chose to challenge Mamdani in the general election after losing to him in the Democratic primary earlier this year.
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